Since its early days, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has achieved great success. What began as regular guys doing regular things like making suits of armor to deal with their anger and hide from terrorists has turned into a multiverse extravaganza with godlike beings and cosmic stakes.
Thanos, portrayed by Josh Brolin, is a perfect symbol of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) increasing canon. Thanos, a cosmic conqueror from a technologically superior species, is fixated on his scheme to eliminate half the universe’s population for the sake of preserving the universe’s resources. Thanos and his army will eventually clash with Earth’s Avengers because of this goal.
Thanos is fascinating as a villain because he never does anything at random. The Mad Titan is completely convinced by his own warped reasoning and considers himself a savior rather than an antagonist. The Thanos shown in theaters, however, differs greatly from the Marvel Comics version of the villain. Here are some of the most noticeable changes made to Thanos for the MCU compared to his comic book origins.
Thanos was not always called Thanos
A villain’s name is one of the first things people notice about them, so choosing a memorable one is important. If his name were Doug instead of Darth Vader, he wouldn’t be nearly as intimidating. Thanos makes an excellent first impression with a name that is both foreign and intimidating.
Like Darth Vader, Thanos did not always go by his current, fearsome name. In fact, he was once known as Anakin and even Ani. In the comics, the name “Dione” was originally given to the character who would become the Mad Titan by his mother.
Yes, you’re absolutely right. The future threat who would make the Avengers tremble was given a moniker more fitting for a barista at a hipster coffee shop. Fortunately, after giving birth to her son, “Dione,” his mother saw that he looked like a monster and decided to give him a name that reflected that. Dione’s mother promptly renamed him Thanos, setting him on the path to becoming the iconic supervillain we all know and love to loathe.
